Amarakośa (Kāṇḍa 2)

Amarakośa (Kāṇḍa 2) is a Sanskrit thesaurus or a type of lexicon which has categorized sanskrit words arranging them in verse form to aid memorization and classification. The text is a valuable resource for learners as well as scholars. It is divided into 3 Kāṇḍas. (1) Svargādi-kāṇḍa, (2) Bhūvargādi-kāṇḍa, (3) Sāmānyādi-kāṇḍa. This Ms. lacks a begining, it contains parts from Kāṇḍa 2 which contains words related to material earth, different urban and rural settlements, and also words for animals and different beings. Bhūmivarga (f.4a–4b), Puravarga (f.4b–7b), Śailavarga (f.7b–8b), Vanauṣadhivarga (f.8b–35b), Siṃhādivarga (f.35b–42a), Manuṣyavarga (f.42b–65a), Brahmavarga (f.65b–74b), Kṣatriyavarga (f.75a–93b), Vaiṣyavarga (f.93b–112a), Śūdravarga (112b–118b) till verse 40 as this Ms. lasks an ending. There is a commentary present on the margins. This Ms. is written in 5 lines per folio. There are double red vertical margins present on each side of the folio. The (Pūrṇavirāma) full stop style vertical brackets and metric accents are in red. Mistakes are covered with yellow or blacked out. Some corrections and additions in the margins.